any vegetation for a bit. grows at the right insistence. to finally surviving on the homeland they band together and land contaminated by its past cultivated unshakable sense of belonging to witness the bush because of chernobyl on al-jazeera. he was the world's most wanted man the last moving ahead with him was often. bin laden was very nervous about nature had not met a western reporter before in part one of an exclusive two part documentary al-jazeera speaks to those who met osama bin ladin he never showed the hostility towards me of the west i knew bin laden on al-jazeera.

he just started getting everybody he had every single person on the side of anybody in his. police search for a driver plows into a crowd of pedestrians killing at least ten people. hello and welcome i'm peter w. watching al jazeera live from doha also coming up a senior political leader with a twenty million dollars bounty on his life is killed in a strike in yemen plus. the president's been extremely clear that he thinks it's a bad deal that certainly has not changed a tough job ahead for the french president to soaping to change donald trump's mind on the iran nuclear deal during his u.s. visit. also at a question of copyrights why also since south sudan. struggling to benefit from

their work. our top story the police in toronto are questioning a suspect after a van was driven onto a crowded sidewalk killing ten people and injuring fifteen others officers say it appears to have been a deliberate attack but so far there's no link to any organization or to a wider plot daniel lak is there. bystanders watched in horror as a rented van was driven at speed from a busy street onto a sidewalk full of people shoppers commuters students and residents were among the victims he just went on the sidewalk he just started ending everybody he had every single person on the sidewalk anybody who would it i saw about three or four bodies lying on the grounds on the people were getting c.p.r. and i have to go back and like really enter from a distance and i just. thought you know it's not like it's.

not something that people just. stop the car not even just a kid will. be. in this cell phone video alone policeman confronts the driver who waves an object perhaps pretending it's a gun he's heard to shout kill me kill me but the armed policeman didn't shoot and made an arrest in front of the van used to cause so much harm we're collaborating and we're all putting our our pieces together to see exactly what we have and at this particular point in time there's nothing that does affect the national security footprint we are looking very strong to it but the exact motive the motivation was for this particular incident to take place and at the end of the day we will have a false him answer and we'll have a full some account as to what the conclusion of this is police say the suspect is a twenty five year old student called alex and from north of toronto he has no

criminal record and it's not believed he's part of any larger plot involving national security toronto's mayor is calling for unity and healing i hope that we will as a city remind ourselves of the fact that we are admired around the world for being inclusive and free and for being accepting and understanding and considerate and that we are united in standing in solidarity especially with those who have fallen victim to this terrible tragedy today a huge police investigation. involving national security officials and other government agencies has begun a clearer picture of this attack may emerge soon but for now this is a city mourning the unexpected bloodshed that marred a beautiful day in the spring daniel lak al-jazeera toronto. the u.n. secretary general has condemned an airstrike on a wedding party in yemen more than thirty people were killed in the attack by saudi forces in the western province of haga late on sunday details are emerging also off another strike last week which killed who's the second in command salah all summit

he had a twenty million dollars bounty on his head from the saudis mike hanna has more now from the united nations. the wedding hall which was to have been the scene of joyous celebration was turned into a death trap this video which al-jazeera cannot independently verify shows the off to math of the airstrikes believed to being carried out by the saudi led coalition local officials said the first missile detonated in the men's section of the wedding party moments later a second one hit the side on which the females were gathered this footage released by the rebels shows the horrific off the math's. a young boy screaming and crying next to what appears to be the lifeless body of his father dozens of people were treated in the nearby hospital and they have no mercy towards children they've been killed without any remorse says this man. a spokesman for the saudi led coalition says it will carry out a full investigation the u.n.

has said that off the estimated ten thousand menes that have so far lost their lives in the conflict some sixty percent have been killed in air strikes. there's been no formal response from the security council as yet its members have just returned from a weekend retreat in sweden but the office of the secretary general has issued a statement on his behalf condemning the attack it reads in part the secretary general reminds all parties of the obligations under international humanitarian law concerning the protection of civilians and civilian infrastructure during armed conflicts he calls for a prompt effective and transparent investigation and during the day details emerged off another saudi led air strike political council head. was killed in an apparent missile attack last thursday the burnable. with sorrow and

sadness i mooned to our yemeni people that did martyr president saleh. he was killed on the nineteenth of april with six of his companions he was targeted in her data province on his way back from a meeting with local leaders by three airstrikes launched by the warplanes of the us saudi aggression sunday our summit is the most senior who feel leader to have been killed since the western backed saudi led coalition intervened in yemen just over three years ago mike hanna al-jazeera united nations peter souls pretty is some house explains now how significant a figure was for the who the movement. some odd was the head of the supreme political council that was formed in august of two thousand and sixteen and he was a sensible. figure who filled the role of president in controlled areas but in terms of his decision making power on

a day to day basis he was increasingly more of a figurehead than a major figure he came from the political wing and as the war continued the military wing and the more extreme wing of the movement really took over the overall decision maker for the who these are the monocle hoofy who is generally recognized as the leader of the hoofy movement some odd came from the group's political wing. of the malek's half brother muhammad is affectively sort of the the ruler of the who controlled areas of yemen from son and his full brother the holic oversees security and some on the ground a lot of the country so realistically when you look at the structure of the group he was a political figure a figurehead who was overseeing an organization which was meant to bring the who these together with the g.p.c. the party of value to the sala the former president who himself was killed last december by the who fees so what we're really seeing is

a we're doing out of many political figures an increasing consolidation within the movement of military hardliners so it so again he's someone who had some significance he was symbolically important to the movement this will be a blow to them but overall it makes very little difference for the movement overall now the iranian president hassan rouhani is warning of quote severe consequences if the u.s. withdraws from the nuclear deal with tehran the agreement is expected to dominate the state visit of the french president emanuel machall to the u.s. . is urging the u.s. president on that front to stick to the twenty fifteen agreement because alan fischer. you're forgetting going to work to support. in the statesman emanuel mccrum decided to be a tourist taking the opportunity of a sunny spring day in washington to walk to the lincoln memorial the french president arrived a few hours earlier with a warm greeting but a clear agenda we will have your partner here to discuss a lot of bilateral issues and to discuss about her security about

trade. and a lot of. very important for our countries and beyond our two countries at the white house he was welcomed for the first official state visit of the trump presidency donald trump gets on well with the man you're mccraw but in the talks that have to follow the french president wants to convince him to stay inside the iran nuclear deal not to abandon it and to also think again about possible trade tariffs on european goods the white house press secretary seemed to indicate there was little chance of change on iran front the president's been extremely clear that he thinks it's a bad deal that certainly has not changed and speaking in canada become acting u.s. secretary of state things the nuclear deal is at risk because of iran's actions the united states has significant concerns with iran with its blistering mick did ballistic missiles program its destabilizing malign influence in the region in

yemen in syria and elsewhere iran's foreign minister is carrying out his own tutor in the u.s. international inspectors see iran is in thought compliance but he warns the u.s. collapsing the deal could have consequences politically it would be difficult for donald trump not to abandon the iran nuclear deal given his previous statements the first chance for president mccrone to raise the issue was a very new and george washington at a private dinner for the two men and their wives he will hope when german chancellor angela merkel arise through or visit in the coming days donald trump might have something positive to see alan fischer al-jazeera at the white house. the former u.s. president george h.w. bush appears to be recovering after having been admitted to hospital on sunday morning the ninety three year old contracted an infection that spread to his blood he was taken to hospital the day after attending the funeral of his wife barbara bush. antigovernment protesters in nicaragua are refusing to back down even though

the president daniel ortega scrapped controversial pension reforms the proposed social security overhaul spawn days of violent protests leaving at least twenty six people dead john holeman reports. people continue to come out in the streets of nicaragua despite president donnie it'll take a pic ching the reform to the social security system that is first sparked protests last week. of the thousands who marched through the capital menow were monday this is now become about something more they are protesting against the president himself the minute the minute or so they make it worth their while a second this protest is bigger than all the rest because people have grown tired people are worn out from the violation of rights rights of the people the violation of the constitution this was the vote that knocked over the glass as they say the president or take is now on his third consecutive term and has been accused of

nepotism his wife is the vice president and for undermining democratic institutions to tighten his grip on power. his critics will now add to that list repression police have used heavy handed tactics in dealing with protesters close to thirty people have been killed among them offices themselves. others have been the timing of these relatives saying outside a police station as they called for their loved ones to be released. what the president originally bullish in his response to the protests had on sunday struck a slightly more conciliatory tone let me turn the symbol to the incidents of violence that have happened i regret about we express solidarity with all the families whose loved ones have died from the violence. and then as you did i saw in the footage but after that address police rushed the university. that has become the bastion of the protests the students occupying it flew back at least one was

killed you know what i am but i'm interacting the army afterwards they promised to carry on what they need is the backing of the country's powerful business community and the rest of the population. to a little. bit the president will be hoping his concessions are enough to dampen the anger. john homan zero zero still to come here on al-jazeera. celebrations in armenia after the prime minister resigns following days of protests . through tranquil arabian. if the gondola. hello and welcome to international weather forecast as we look at the weather across europe we're seeing changes taking place now basically cooler

air being introduced as a high pressure just leaks away little bit towards the south so cooler weather for many central northern areas certainly berlin there look just sixteen degrees on chooses still quite warm in vienna but i generally change will picture paris high on to temperatures into the low twenty's and if you choose to but by wednesday those temperatures will be four in a way and for london fourteen degrees is barely average for the time of year we have got this area of low pressure which is going to be impacting across southeastern parts of spain maybe into the belly eric islands later on and that's also going to be having an impact across parts of north africa so for northern morocco into algeria some very wet and windy weather and dust slightly lift up ahead of it as well so warm conditions in twenty nine circulation gives the threat of showers across the northern end of the series canal and current mages see the old shower otherwise as we get into central parts of africa we've got some showers being reported in libra ville in japan and he's run the satellite sequence that's

hardly surprising more showers across parts uganda d.r. congo once again liberal expect to see some showers heise here of thirty degrees celsius. the weather sponsored by qatar and release. the scene for us where on line what is american sign in yemen that peace is always possible but it never happens not because the situation is complicated but because no one cares or if you join us on sat there are people there are choosing between buying medication and eating this is a dialogue i want to get in one more comment because this is someone who's an activist just posted a story join the global conversation at this time on al-jazeera.

welcome back let's just revisit our top stories for you so far this hour police in toronto in canada are questioning a suspect after a van was driven onto a crowded sidewalk at least ten people died and fifteen injured officers say the suspect and it appears to have acted deliberately. the u.n. secretary general has condemned an airstrike on a wedding party in yemen more than thirty people were killed in the attack by saudi forces in another air strike last week the second in command of the hutu rebels was killed. in europe where for the first time a spanish court has authorized the exhumation of bodies from the country's most controversial monument it's called the valley of the fallen is a vast mausoleum where the dictator general franco is buried along with thousands of unnamed victims of the spanish civil war during the one nine hundred thirty s. challenger with more. sixty kilometers outside madrid lies spain's largest mass

grave cut into the mountainside the valley of the fallen is where dictator francisco. franco lies buried around him tens of thousands of bodies of unnamed people killed on both sides of spain's civil war many of them murdered on franco's orders. is the granddaughter of one of those murdered men for years her family has fought for the right to re berryman. and his brother antonio romero in their hometown. it's an historic day not because of my relatives but also because we're going to help other people that are in the same situation. that the mortal remains of my family shouldn't be in the lying with a dictator. during franco's thirty six year dictatorship hundreds of thousands of spaniards died or just disappeared franco himself ordered the building of the

basilica as a symbol of peace and reconciliation but many see it as a monument to a fascist or a silent place it embodies spain so-called pact of forgetting and amnesty pardoning the political crimes of the past that helped spain's transition to democracy in one nine hundred seventy seven the benedictine monks who live here against the dead for them the religious status comes before its political significance but the silence is now being shattered. city officials entering there's a grim task ahead searching through the remains of thirty four thousand people to identify. bringing up the bodies of franco's victims as happened in other parts of the country but relatives have to fight for the right to rebury their loved ones i hear today other grandchildren of many people but there are others waiting at home hoping that today is the beginning of the end of the legal process to retrieve our

relatives these relatives are also calling for the removal of the hundred fifty metre high stone cross the tallest in the world. but fresh flowers a still on franco's grave it seems there is still to spain's when it comes to reexamining the civil war. at least twelve refugees have been injured in an attack by a far right group on the greek island of les boss craig media is reporting the attackers yelled burn them alive as they targeted a city in protest in the city of my to leonie about two hundred afghan refugees were demonstrating against living conditions there the violence escalated when a left wing activist arrived to defend the refugees. the former bosnian serb leader radovan carried it she's begun his fight against war crimes convictions a u.n. tribunal in the hague is hearing his plea for a retrial candidate is accusing prosecutors of twisting his words at his initial trial in twenty sixteen he was sentenced to forty years in prison for genocide over

the killing of eight thousand muslim men and boys in srebrenica in one nine hundred ninety five. i mean as opposition leaders say they want parliamentary elections to be held as soon as possible to prevent them from running the country from behind the scenes there were celebrations in the capital here on monday after the sixty three year old resigned as prime minister after nearly two weeks of protests robin forestay walker reports now from. tension turns to celebration after eleven days of street protests that proved its prime minister the art it was a humiliating and facetious. the man who has clung to power in the for the soviet republic for a decade on monday he was to preserve the peace he said just hours after soldiers were seen joining the crowds. we know that the country has been suffering specifically under the rule of the took mandates of the president with absolute

lack of institutional freedom so be it the judicial be it the the dia police spear be it the. the health or culture or even the religious or the fact that they read it took the initiative on individual individual basis to come to the street shows that ultimately institutions are formed by human beings and human minds and intentions. after the release of the leader of the opposition his arrest the day before had only served to crowds i was the president since two thousand and eight his second term in office had ended but the point parliament formed off the constitutional changes he presided over swiftly appointed him prime minister with enhanced powers stripped from the presidency the peaceful protests that focused largely on high level corruption and persistent poverty in a volatile region they were closely watched by russia with. close ties but the.

kremlin said it would not intervene describing events in europe as a domestic matter and crowds evident delight. in our diet. for obviously very easy to ration but it's basically the only thing with writing right is. the problem for seawater al-jazeera the arab. police and lazier say they can be sure the two men suspected of shooting a palestinian academic having fled the country pictures of the pair have now been released israel's intelligence agency mossad denies involvement in the murder florence lee reports now from kuala lumpur. to murder suspects wanted in connection with the killing a foggy al bunch these men nothe ought to have fired at least fourteen shots at the palestinian lecture at the university of kuala lumpur on saturday they fled on a motorbike look at any mission to get really he would be the sketch shows to light

skinned suspects who are european or middle eastern. that are quite long both men are about one hundred ninety centimeters with sturdy parents. police haven't been able to identify the men and have alerted airport and border guards his brother arrived on sunday to accompany the body back to gaza where his family want him to be buried almost certain melissa your thoughts of the local n.g.o.s have been supporting us throughout this ordeal we thank them for that we also hope that the malaysian authorities will announce the result of this investigation so we know he did as. was a member of hamas which describes him as a scientist who had made important contributions the group which controls gaza and al botches family accuse mossad of being behind the killing the israeli intelligence agency denies any link israel's defense minister has said the

palestinian was no saint who was working to improve the. accuracy of rockets fired from gaza added door liberman has also suggested could have been targeted because of an internal palestinian dispute this is not the first time mossad has been accused of killing hamas members abroad palestinian drone expert mohammed al-zawahiri was shot into his ear two years ago and in two thousand and ten hamas commander mahmoud was killed in a hotel in dubai florence three al-jazeera. the police in china have arrested a man they believe deliberately started a fire that killed eighteen people the blaze tore through a three story building in the southern city of cheering you on state media says the building was used as a karaoke is reporting the suspect lit the fire and blocked the only entrance with his motorbike. a u.s. senate panel has narrowly back to the nomination of the cia director mike pompei o secretary of state's republican rand paul changed his vote after earlier saying he

would oppose the appointment but gave pompei o the eleven votes required from the twenty one member panel his nomination of goes to a full senate vote. has risen rapidly from the fringes of the republican party to become one of the president's most trusted advisers he came to congress as a tea party republican from kansas in twenty ten and served until trump made him the head of the cia last year a former u.s. army officer pompei osha's trump's views on north korea and iran and to said he would support regime change in both countries he's been accused of promoting islam views one saying muslims are a threat to america rose jordan has more now from washington. the cia director mike pump aoe is now one step closer to becoming the next us secretary of state this comes after a business meeting on monday in which the meeting ended in a tie ten ten if the confirmation vote had gone forward just that way that would

have meant a negative recommendation from the senate foreign relations committee that was a signal that the chairman bob corker of tennessee did not want to send it's very rare for a senate committee to not recommend that a president's nominee for a cabinet post be confirmed so after a bit of negotiating one of the democratic senators who had first voted no or had voted against my palm peo changed his vote chris colmes was then thanked for his statements like the attitude part of the reason why this vote came up the way it did is because one of the members on the republican side was away for a funeral and so mr coons changed his vote in part so that senators wouldn't have to work late into the night waiting for that senator to show up to cast his vote in person. writers musicians in south sudan are struggling with the absence of

copyright laws and that's forced many to produce their material overseas with little control over the sale of their work it's likely others will make more money from their work than the artists themselves morgan reports now from. it takes days sometimes weeks for one of south sudan from most popular musicians in the know to write record and produce it from. you despite his dedication to benefits very little from the finished product. visibly. copyright law does not exist so we musicians we spend time money and energy to produce but. there's no any law that protects all right like in other countries neighboring countries like uganda so when musicians produce music at least to earn something out of their work. but.

emmanuel is one of more than fifty artist in south sudan all facing the same problem musicians writers and poets are all suffering because there are no laws in place to protect their work now many prefer to have their work produced in other countries where there is copyright legislation. where in south sudan and south hundreds in order to have a comprise the society and system here. i wanted to try to publish in uganda i would publish them and you're going to give me yeah but he would i would still maintain that i didn't you know solace in the news poet who's publishing a new grammar there are new distribution companies in south sudan it's not seen as a worthwhile investment but that doesn't mean artists works are not being sold distributing the work of artist without their permission and then difficult to bring a stick or drive to meet a fellow here in the markets and choose the music you want he'll copy it and you'll pay and it'll cost less than

a dollar then you can reproduce songs using the music and the lyrics and the artists don't even know that their music is being sold on government has taken little interest in the arts and literature sector especially after a civil war broke out in twenty thirty tens of thousands of people have been killed and a third of the country's twelve million population displaced but the government says it is now working on a bill and forming a council to protect the intellectual property of artists will be formed soon by the by the approval of the cabinet so that it. will become. and then add this to him time would confirm that we have a body that we can give him we can give this policy with these these. laws so that we we talked about protection. for emmanuel and other artists this provides some hope that in the future it is they who will benefit financially from their worth and music not an unknown third party. people morgan are

good they are. welcome if you just joining us you're watching al-jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha your headline so far today police in toronto the canadian city are questioning a suspect after a van was driven onto a crowded sidewalk at least ten people died and fifteen were injured officers say the suspects appears to back to deliberately but so far it appears to be no connection to an armed group or any wider plot the u.n. secretary general has condemned an airstrike on a wedding party in yemen more than thirty people were killed in the attack by saudi led forces in the western province of hard on sunday and is now emerged that another airstrike last week the second in command of the rebels was killed the french president emanuel macro has started a state visit to the u.s. with the iran nuclear deal expected to dominate his talks with the u.s.

president donald trump he's urging the u.s. leaders to stick with the twenty fifteen accord as a made the twelfth deadline for mr trump to recertify the deal draws closer the iranian president hassan rouhani has won the u.s. for severe consequences if it walks away from the agreement. and he gave the protesters in nicaragua refusing to back the thousands continuing to demonstrate in the capital that's despite the president daniel ortega scrapping the controversial pension reforms that sparked protests leaving at least twenty six people dead demonstrators are now calling for an end to what they say is government repression armenia's opposition leaders say they want parliamentary elections to be held as soon as possible to prevent. it from running the country from behind the scenes there were scenes of celebrations in the capital get a ban on monday after the sixty three year old resigned as prime minister after nearly two weeks of protests. the police in china have arrested a man they believe deliberately started a fire that killed eighteen people the blaze taught through

a three story building in the southern city of ching your own state media says the building was used as a karaoke lunch is reporting the suspect lit the fire and blocks the only entrance with his motorbike the former u.s. president george h.w. bush appears to be recovering after being admitted to hospital on sunday morning the ninety three year old contracted an infection that spread to his blood he was taken to hospital the day after attending the funeral of his wife barbara bush those are the headlines up next it's the stream i will see you very soon. we understand the differences and the similarities of cultures across the world. so no matter where you call her. algiers the internet will bring in the news and current of families that matter to you. out is iraq.